MLB arbitrator's ruling against A-Rod explained

Details of arbitrator Fredric Horowitz’s ruling to suspend Alex Rodriguez for 162 games emerged on Monday, two days after the announcement of the punishment.

Major League Baseball’s Collective Bargaining Agreement typically calls for 50-game suspensions for first offenses against the Joint Drug Agreement, but Horowitz determined that Rodriguez’s violations merited a harsher sentence. Brian Costa of the Wall Street Journal has more:

Fred Horowitz writes in his ruling: "While this length of suspension may be unprecedented … so is the misconduct he committed."

Horowitz’s ruling became public as part of Rodriguez’s case against the league and its players union, which he filed in federal court in Manhattan on Monday. Rodriguez’s suit argues that Horowitz showed partiality to the league in his decision and questions the credibility of Biogenesis founder Anthony Bosch as a witness.

This action seeks to vacate that Arbitration Award, to hold MLBPA responsible for the breaches of the duty of fair representation owed to Mr. Rodriguez prior to and during the Grievance process, and to hold MLB responsible for its violation of the collectively bargained agreements between MLB and MLBPA by imposing a suspension upon Mr. Rodriguez without just cause.

Details of arbitrator Fredric Horowitz’s ruling to suspend Alex Rodriguez for 162 games emerged on Monday, two days after the (…)

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